Fishing lure



March 24, 1953 w. w. COGSWELL, sR., Ei- AL 72,632,277

FISHING LURE Filed April 20, 1949 JNVENTORS -WilTon W. OogswellSr.

8 Walter F. Cogswell ATTORN EYS Patented Mar. 24, 1953 FISHING LURE Wilton W. Cog-swell, Sr., and Walter F. Cogswell, Colorado Springs, 0010., assignors to Bobopen, Inc., Colorado Springs, 0010., a corporation of Colorado Application April 20, 1949, Serial No. 88,558

6 Claims.

The present invention relates to a fishing lure. It has to do particularly, although not exclusively, with an improved fishing lure which may be formed from plastic and colored to suit the convenience of use.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an improved fishing lure which always gives action in the water and which lies and runs in fiatwise condition during any pull of the line to which it is attached.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved fishing lure of the foregoing character which is capable of releasing itself from engagement with logs, stones, or other. debris located on the bottom of the body of water being fished, it being a further object of the invention to provide such a lure which, when it releases itself, assumes a fiatwise position and wiggles or oscillates in the water, thus serving to shake loose any weeds or grass which the hook or hooks of the lure may have collected.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an improved lure which may be manufactured by mass production methods at relatively low cost.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear from the following description and appended claims when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification wherein like reference numerals indicate similar parts in the several views. Y

In said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a lure embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the lure shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a modified form of Fig. '7 is a side elevational view of the sameillustrating the action of the lure of Figs. 1 and 6, shown releasing itself from an obstacle, such as alog.

Before explaining in detail the present inven-.

tion it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated .in the accompanying drawing, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in various ways. 'It is to be understood also that the phraseology or plane during its movement through the body if terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation, and it is not intended to limit the invention claimed herein beyond the requirements of the prior art.

Referring now particularly to the drawing and especially to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 6 and '1 thereof, there is shown in these figures a preferred form of the lure of the present invention which comprises a body 19 having a forward portion II and a rearward portion [2 with their central axes arranged in offset relationship and with the forward body portion l I being disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the normal substantially horizontal plane of the rearward portion 12.

The forwardportion I is provided with an incurved or concave surface I3 facing in the direction of the intended movement of the lure. This face or surface I3 is-provided with connecting means l3a for the attachment of a fishing line 11- The rearward portion 12 carries means, such as a wire or metal loop or member I 4 having a socket portion or coupling member l5, which serves to movably and removably connect and support a preferably three-prong hook it. The loop l4, see Fig. 2, is passed through a hole or opening in the rearward body portion I2 and extends through member l5 as shown, to permit the attachment and detachment of the eye Iliav (see Fig. 1) of the hook it. This permits the interchangeability of the hooks. As seen in Figs. 2 and 3,the concave or incurved face or surface 13 may be provided with sockets or recesses B1) to simulate fish eyes and with the transversely extending and preferably spaced ribs l 30, 13c disposed intermediate the upper and lower ends of said surface. I

The forward body portion II with its concave surface or face l3 extendsat substantially a right angle to the rearward body portion !2 and carries at its lower end preferably a lead or other metal'weight l8. This weight I8 tends to maintain the lure in a substantially horizontal position as seen in Fig.2 when in use, except when the line I1 is slack, at which time the weighted portion l8 tends to tilt the lure into an upright position, as seen in Fig. 6, this latter position being assumed when the lurerests upon the bottom of the body of water being fished.

. As seen in Fig. '7, should the lure of the preceding views come in contact with a log, such as log-9, the weighted portion 18,.when the line I! is pulled, will cause {the lure to tilt from its fullline position of Fig. '7 to its broken line position in that figure to release it from the log 9, whereupon it will again assume its substantially horizontal position of Fig. 2.

' By having the axes of the forward and rearward portions II and I2, respectively, of the lure offset, a pull on the line will cause the lure to constantly wiggle in a substantially horizontal tue of the parts I4 and I5, the hook 16 may be replaced by a spinner, pork rind, or if desired, a

buck tail hook. Moreover, by providing the. wire Y loop I4 which may be lengthened or shortened as V desired, the distance between thehook Hi and 2. Afishing, lure comprising, a. member; having a body portion; ahead portion andia'reduced neck portion connecting said head portion to said body H portion, said body portion being substantially flat and having a U-shaped configuration, said head projecting below and above the plane of said body portion and having a concavo-convexed cross-sectional configuration which extends in an the line-attaching means or; eyelet; l3a may be" varied.

In accordance with the modified form of the present invention shown in Fig. 4- of the drawing, the rearward projecting end portions 12a. of the rearward body portion l2- of the lure may each prong hook 2'l anda special connector or coupling means 22- for attachment to loop M so as to position the multi-prong hook 2lsomewhat rearwardly of the hooks 29;

The'bodies Ill'oftheseveralforms ofthe present invention are" substantially'identical, thedifference in the'several forms being primarily in the arrangement ofihooks applied to and carried by'them.

The weighted portion" [8 of each of the formsof the present invention not only provides means for maintaining the hire in flatwise condition when in use but also provides the device with the necessary and proper weight for casting purposes. Since the lure will assume a flat position upon contact with the waterand remain in such position, it sinks slowly toward the bottom, which makes for efiicient use:

Another purpose which the weighted portion I8 serves is to cause a quick tilting movement, as shown in Fig. 7, away from the-log 9, intoan upright position so*that the depending hooks pass freely over the obstruction. The offset axes of the forwardand rearward portions, which arrangement causes thewigglingor constant oscillating movement of the lure, also serves to force the hook into the mouth of the fish when the fish strikes the sides of the rearward portion, due to swinging of the hook about its pivotal point of attachment. Thus, many fish are hooked which would'jbe lost by the use of pre--' viously known and conventional types of fishing lures under similar conditions.

We claim: 9

1. A fishing lure comprising a member formed of plastic material having a body portion, a head portion and a reduced neck portion connecting said head portion to said body portion, said body portion being substantially flat and having U- shaped configuration, said head projecting below and above the plane of said body portion and having a concavo-convexed cross-sectional configuration which extends in an angular direction with respect to the longitudinal axis ofthe body, spaced ribs on the face of saidhead, said ribs being co-planar with said body portion, an eye secured to said head substantially in the plane of and between said ribs, and a weight secured to the concave face of said head to one side of said ribs, said weight having a curvature corresponding substantially to the face of said head.

angular direction'with respect to the longitudinal axis of the body, spaced ribs on the face of said head, said ribs being co-planar with said body portion, an eye'secured to said head substantially in the plane of and between said ribs, and a weight secured to the concave face of said head to one side of said ribs, said weight having a curvature corresponding substantially to the face of said head.

3. A fishing lure comprising a member formed of'plastic materialhavinga body portion, a head portion and a reduced neck portion connecting said head-portion to said body portion, said body portion being substantially flat and having a U-shaped configuration, saidhead'projecting below and above theplane of saidbody portion and having a concavo-convexed cross-sectional configuration, spaced ribs onv the face of said head, said ribs being co-planar with said body portion, an eye secured to said head substantially in the plane of and'betweensaid ribs; and a weight secured tothe concave faceof said head to one side of said ribs, saidweight. having a curvature corresponding substantially. to the face of said head.

4. A- fishing lure comprising a member having a body portion, a head portion and'a reduced neck portion connecting said head, portion to said body portion, said'body portion 'beingsubstantially flat and of bifurcatedform saidv head projecting below and above the plane of; said body portion and having a concavo-convexed cross-sectional configuration, spaced: ribs on the facefof said head; said ribs being co-planar with said body portion, a line attaching eye secured to said head substantially in the plane of and between said ribs, and a weight securedto the concave face of said head to one side of said; ribs, said weight having a curvature corresponding substantially to the face of said head.

' 5. A fishing lure according to claim 4, wherein one portion of said weight hasa greater thickness than the portion thereof adjacent the ribs formed on said head portion.

6. A fishing lure according to claim 4, wherein the upper section of the head portion has deep recesses formed therein to simulate eyes, and wherein said recesses are'symmetrically arranged with respect to a vertical line passing through said line attaching eye.

WILTON w. COGSWELL, SR. WALTER F. QOGSWELL.

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